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Hackerthons for Training New Federal Government Consultants?

Higher Education Whisperer

GovHack AGM OnlineThis is to suggest GovHack hackerthons be used to quickly get the new federal government internal consultants up to speed. GovHack is a non-profit organization which organizes an annual hackerthon using government data sources.

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Georgetown welcomes higher education financial leader, alumnus as new CFO

University Business

Prior to his career in higher education, Sastry spent 18 years working in the federal government. The post Georgetown welcomes higher education financial leader, alumnus as new CFO appeared first on University Business. He served as the director of the Office of U.S. Read more from Georgetown University.

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Dr. Elfred A. Pinkard Appointed Brown University’s First HBCU Presidential Fellow

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown also aims to build infrastructure capacity at participating HBCUs and leadership in higher education and policy development. HBCUs are a special sector in the unique mosaic of American higher education,” said Pinkard. “But

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Potential Processing Delays for Financial Aid Due to Calculation Error

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education Department (ED) said it has discovered a calculation error in student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, potentially continuing delays for college applications.

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Trade Commission Sues Grand Canyon University for Deceptive Advertising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education that it would appeal an “unprecedented and unjust $37.7 Given the major problems that exist in higher education. it is baffling that the federal government has chosen to target a Christian university that is addressing those issues in very positive ways," the university said in a statement.

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The California academic strike is the most important in US higher education history | Nelson Lichtenstein

The Guardian Higher Education

It is by far the largest and most important strike in the history of American higher education, with the potential to transform both the status and income of those who work in an “industry” that now employs more workers than the federal government.

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IHEP and Results for America Release HEA Fund Allocation Recommendations for Education Department

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and Results for America (RFA) released recommendations for the Department of Education (ED) to set-aside 0.5% of funds from certain Higher Education Act (HEA) programs within ED and put it towards supporting equity-focused work.